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(No Model.)

W. K. LONG. WEED FULLER.

No. 451,495. Patented May 5, 189 1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM K. LONG, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR O F ONE-HALF TO FRANK A. FREY, OF SAME PLACE.

WEED-PUL'LER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,495, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed April 1, 1890. Serial No. 346,201. (No model.)

. To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM K. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and usetul Improvements in \Veecb Pullers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which to it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a new and improved article of manufacture, consisting of a novel clamping device for various uses for example, for pulling weeds and vegetables or for holding a mop or brush-all as will be explained hereinafter.

The principal noveltiesin the construction of my invention consist of a long red having a handle at one end and a set of improved clamping-jaws at the other, and an intermediate mechanism for operating said jaws to grasp the desired article.

For a complete comprehension of my invention attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the application, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the entire device; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the movable jaw; Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional view of a portion of one of the jaws,.showing the rubber head in "position thereing'and Fig. 4: an end view of both jaws.

In all of the above views corresponding parts are designated by identical letters of reference.

The main portion of the device consists of a red A, made preferably of wood; butit will be evident that this rod may be made of metal, if desired, in which case it will be of a much smaller diameter. This rod is provided at one end with a handle 13, which may be made integral with the rod A and of the same material, or else this handle maybe separate from the rod and composed of some absorb iug substance, such as rubber, leather, or cork. At the other end fro n the handle B a jaw C is driven into the red A, as showmand in order to prevent the rod from splitting at this point, a collar a is made use of. This 50 collar is held in position by means of apin b,

which also passes through that portion of the jaw 0 within the rods, and serves to retain the said jaw firmly in p ace. The stationary jaw O is provided with a flattened portion 0, having a pivoting-eye therein.

Engaging wit-h the stationary jaw and pivoted thereto at the flattened portion 0 is a movable jaw D. The movable jaw D is provided with an enlarged portion (1, having a recess therein, within which the flattened part Z) of the stationary jaw engages. Both of these jaws are made of metah and each is provided at its outer end with an integral crosspiece E, constituting the jaw proper. Each cross-piece E is provided on its inner face with adovetailed mortise 6, within which is placed a bead f of soft rubber. The preferable way of retaining this rubber bead in place is to compress it before inserting it within the mortise, so that it will keep its position by its own expansive force.

The movable jaw D is provided at its rear end with an integral inclined extension g,

having an eye h near its outer end. iy making the extension g inclined, as shown, considerable space'is economized withoutaffecting the lever of said extension.

The rod A is provided near its central portion with a small lever 11, pivoted to the red, as shown, and having a short vertical arm j, provided with an eye K therein. This eye K on the armj connects, by means of a wire or red Z, with the corresponding eye h of the movable jaw. The lever is kept always in an elevated position by means of a leafspring m, which will also keep the two jaws separated, as will be evident. WVhen the lever t' is now pressed downwardly the arm j is moved so as to cause the two jaws to close together to tightlygrasp the weed, vegetable, mop, or brush, as may be desired.

\Vith this device weeds may be pulled without the necessity of stooping, and vegetables-such as beets, parsley, onions, celery, spinach, &c.may be gathered. Fruits like apples, pears, and peaches may be also conveniently picked from the trees with the use of a step-ladder. A mop may also be held conveniently in the device, and a brush may be grasped between thejaws for the washing of windows, &c.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure tion by their own elasticity, the extension r by Tietters Patent, is as follows: of the jaw D, the eye near the end of said As a new article of manufacture, a weedextension, the lever m, pivoted to the rod A,

puller consisting, of a red A, provided with a the arm j, rigidly secured to the lever m, with 5 handle B, a stationary jaw C at thelower end eye 7., and rod 1, substantially as described. of the rod A, the movable jaw 1'), pivoted to T v the stationary jaw G, the eross-pieees E E at LIAM LONG the ends of the aforesaid jaws, the bearing- In presence of beadsff, of soft rubber, recessed within the J. E. DILL,

1o dovetailed mortises 0. e and retained in posi- I A. W. 'lAYLon. 

